The federal notification system that alerts Canadians about life-threatening emergency situations is facing an uncertain future.

The funding agreement for the National Public Alerting System (NPAS), which sends out alerts for extreme weather, air quality, wildfires, Amber Alerts and other threats, expires on Aug. 31, 2026, and it is unclear what will happen next.

“Urgent action is required to sustain Canada's life-saving public alerting capability,” according to a Public Safety Canada memo to the minister of emergency management that Canada’s National Observer obtained through an access to information request.

The current funding arrangement mandates that basic television packages include The Weather Network and Météo Media channel packages. lt also requires Pelmorex, the

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